Every so often my e-mail slows way down. Long into the process I get the hunch that someone nicely sent me a couple photos. And these two photos weigh in at about 1 ton each 
Here are a few suggestions for e-mailing photos and sparing the receiver’s inbox:
Method #1) Use a simple photo program like Picasa
With this tool you can select a few photos and click a button to ‘send e-mail’ and the images are optimized for sending good quality low-bulk pictures. (*the difference between a file for print and a file for screen is significant) This is a great option and there are several other options that do this well.
Method #2) Utilize an online photo service like Flickr
This is a popular service for organizing online photo albums. Among the many features is the ability to send people a photo from your online album, or to send them a link to your albums page. (A new feature is the ability to send the full size pictures as an e-mail to your flickr album and use the subject line as a title and the text in your e-mail as a description of the photo – VERY NICE!)
Method #3) Send a remote photo by inserting html into your e-mail.
This method sends an e-mail with very little weight. Actually the amount of space used in your friends inbox is no more than simple text.
~Upload the photo online, right click the file and view the properties.
~Copy the full location address
(i.e. ‘http://www.online.photo.com/picture.jpg’)
~Click the ‘insert image’ option in an e-mail program like Outlook Express
~Paste the full web address of the photo’s location
~voila – the photo is now inserted into the e-mail and the weight stays online. This e-mail will open like a webpage in your friends e-mail reader and the photo will load when they open the e-mail. (They must have an html able e-mail – which is the most commonly used e-mail system).
Simple, doable and saves your friends the terror of three hour e-mail for a couple photos on their dial-up service. Have you found another way to make this happen?
Further thoughts to come.
How to create a nice e-mail newsletter – text, photos and more
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Many thanks
Billy eugene, Oregon
Billy,
Sent you an e-mail and also posted some of my e-newsletter findings here.
Tim
I use Dropbox to share files, so you can put other stuff besides pictures. It’s like lugging a 2gb flash drive w/o actually having one
Justin,
That sounds like a great option – I’m used to Box.net – a simple link to the file or image and items are easily accessed. Does Dropbox allow you to embed say a whole gallery of images into an email? Or is there a send email option directly within Dropbox?
Thanks for your comments!